HOW IMPORTANT IS ORAL / WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

IN YOUR RELATIONS

Gavan Eugen Robert

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• Communication is key to your success—in relationships, in the workplace, as a citizen of your country, and across your lifetime. Your ability to communicate comes from experience, and experience can be an effective teacher, but this text and the related business communication course will offer you a wealth of experiences gathered from professional speakers across their lifetimes. You can learn from the lessons they’ve learned and be a more effective communicator right out of the gate.

Communication Influences Your Thinking about Yourself and Others

We all share a fundamental drive to communicate. Communication can be defined as the process of understanding and sharing meaning. You share meaning in what you say and how you say it, both in oral and written forms. If you could not communicate, what would life be like? A series of never-ending frustrations? Not being able to ask for what you need or even to understand the needs of others?

Oral communication is the process of verbally transmitting information and ideas from one individual or group to another. Oral communication can be

either Formal or Informal.

Advantages• There are many situations in which it makes

sense to choose oral over written communication. Oral communication is more personal and less formal than written communication. If time is limited and a business matter requires quick resolution, it may be best to have a face-to-face or telephone conversation. There is also more flexibility in oral communication; you can discuss different aspects of an issue and make decisions more quickly than you can in writing. Oral communication can be especially effective in addressing conflicts or problems. Talking things over is often the best way to settle disagreements or misunderstandings. Finally, oral communication is a great way to promote employee morale and maintain energy and enthusiasm within a team.

Disadvantages• Despite the many benefits of oral

communication, there are times when written communication is more effective. For example, you may want to exchange important information that needs to be documented using written communication. A lot of transactions in the business world require some type of written record, and you will find that even strong verbal skills are not a substitute for putting things in writing. Additionally, oral communication tends to be less detailed and more subject to misunderstanding than written communication. It's best to always think carefully about which method of communication best fits your objective.

Written communication involves any type of message that makes use of the written word. Written communication is the most important and the most

effective of any mode of business communication.

Advantages• No need for personal contact -

you can tell an employee he or she has to work overtime through an email instead of face-to-face.

• Saves money - you can send an email instead of calling long distance.

• Written proof - provides written proof in case of a dispute.

Disadvantages• Delay in communication - it

may take a while to get to the intended recipient.

• Lack of secrecy - once it's on paper, anyone can read it.

• Costly - if the sender and receiver are sitting next to each other, you still have to spend money on paper or Internet service.

In conclusion both of the communications are very important because they help us to “evoleve’’ in better humans, and whithout them we have no life.